Medical Dictionary
scanning electron microscope
noun
Medical Definition of SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
: an electron microscope in which a beam of focused electrons moves across the object with the secondary electrons produced by the object and the electrons scattered by the object being collected to form a three-dimensional image on a cathode-ray tube—called also scanning microscope; compare transmission electron microscope
—scanning electron microscopy noun
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